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    Senior Dog arentspowell's Avatar
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    Landshark phase is in full swing

    Well it only took about two days for my cuddly puppy to turn into a shark. I have little bit marks all over my hands from Thor latching on and biting. I was shoving a toy into his mouth but that wasn't really helping all that much. What has been the best method to stop the biting? Daisy was not this bad of a biter.

    I hope this phase is over soon!

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    I've never had one that sounds to have been as bad as some of the ones written up on here. I've relied on either yelping/"no bite" or gently holding the muzzle/"no bite"...and the phase passed with all of my fingers intact.

    I'm not sure how I'd deal with one that seemed to be "fierce" in addition to mouthy (which yours may or may not be but one recent one was).

    I never had success with providing a toy...my fingers were the toy that the individual pup was focused on. The substitute was always ignored.

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    I started the Puppy Biting sticky in the Puppy section, so I know what you're feeling! Stormy was much, much less bite-y than Kimber; we often wonder if a quick weekend trip back to her breeder when she was just starting to bite (we had an out of town wedding to attend) helped curtail the worst of it. Her mom was quick to correct her when she went in for a suckle, that's for sure.

    I'd say the key, though, is to pick a method and be consistent, and don't switch it up constantly looking for improvement. It just takes time. Oh, and both Stormy and Kimber got a lot bitey-er when overtired, so sometimes you can end the biting with a quick pop in the crate for naptime!
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    aww! puppies :P You should experience the puppy biting of a dutchie puppy now that's somethign else :P

    there is no immediate quick solution. the toy thing will work but you need to keep at it consistantly over time. part of it will fade. With very very young babies you can sometimes do a high pitch yelp and turn away from them removing yourself as a fun thing/attention. but as they get older if this hasn't worked, it can just rile them up more or they get big enough to ram into you which is umpleasant so it's not my go to method.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c77--cCHPyU

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    Maybe it's the name. My Thor was a crazy land shark as well. Barley had no biting issues at all. I don't remember what ended up working with Thor - I think we tried a lot of the methods talked about here - but I do know he just kind of stopped one day. It was around 6 months old. He changed a lot at that age, and we could start leaving him alone outside of his crate then.

    Barley never bit but I still don't trust him (at 13 months old) out of the crate if I can't directly supervise him. While I am so happy he wasn't a biter, he's mischievous in so may other ways that you can't take your eye off of him. I guess what I'm saying - if it's not one thing it's another!
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    Bubba was a bad biter and we did a lot of different solutions, but there were two main things that actually made a difference. 1. Time: if you pick any technique and are consistent with it, they'll grow out of it. 2. Be Calm: we had a trainer tell us that we needed to interact with Bubba in a calm way and this really made a huge difference. All of our interactions became a lot slower and more soothing. As he was less riled up by us, he started to bite less.
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    This brings back not-too-distant memories! Diggity was a bit of a shark too. I am sooooo glad that phase is over. My method was shoving a toy in his mouth to redirect him and also standing up with my back towards him, arms folded, and totally ignoring him. Eventually, he stopped biting and he now has an awesome “soft” mouth.


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    Good to know that we're not necessarily doing anything wrong, we just need to be consistent and it will all be over soon enough!

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    I remember those days .. mine is a most lab with a touch of shepard and she was nutz with the biting. Her teeth was sharp. I use lavender oil [pure one] on my hands and used vicks on kids ankle.
    worked good. When she gets the puppy zombie splash some lavender oil on my hand . I do get strange looks being 6 2 and 240 lb smelling like lavender ..

    She turned 3 and last night she got a little crazy with a baby and alot of people visiting. Luckly i had this lavendar bottle from her puppy days. One whiff and she decided time to calm down . They never forget .

    i did put a drop of it on her tongue as a puppy and she hated the smell and taster. funny this things works for horses with issues and so does for a dog i guess.

 



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